Stigma and the ethics of public health: Not can we but should we

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 463-472

  Bayer, Ronald ^a  

^a Department of Sociomedical Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; HIV; Human Rights; Public Health Policy; Smoking; Stigma; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIGMA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 48549104027     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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